Chapter 10: Sir? I'm Con-fuddled

The night passed peacefully for Luna and Neville as they wrapped their naked bodies around one another, pulling each other closer, thrusting, moaning, kissing, their night filled with many mental hurts starting to heal.

'Wow'

'yeah wow, don't do that every time, I don't want to get to used to have that many orgasms at once.'

'I wah?'

'you don't know what you did for me? Oh you sweety, trust me it was a very, very good thing.' She said as she snuggled her head under his chin and they slept soundly. Neville stroked her delicate skin, it wasn't bad at all, awkward to start with, but it got a lot better and I ended up a lot more at ease with it.

Ron had slipped into the lair to find Hermione in the main lair, with a very short skirt on and an open and thin shirt. Hermione looked over Ron, he stood there naked for all the world to see. Umm tasty.

Ron walked over to her and lifted her up and held Hermione at waist height.

'Tonight my lady, you are mine.' He smirked and took her to their bedroom.

Ginny and Harry flamed into their room that night, they just cuddled after being so exhausted all day.

'I love you Gin,'

'I know, I love you too…ohh hello.' She cuddled into Harry more as she felt his warm hand slide down her knickers.

That night unlike the others they just played with each other and also slept soundly together.

The next morning the gang went their ways, Luna back to her dads, Neville to the Lair, Hermione to her parents, Harry to his relatives and Ron and Ginny to the Burrow. They were to meet that coming night to grab Susan and Blaize.

At night they all flamed into the Lair. Neville stood waiting for them.

'Ok since everyone has arrived, has anyone noticed how more powerful we have become? Or is it just me?'

'No I've noticed it as well' piped in Ron.

'I think I know why' Harry intrudes surprising everyone, including Hermione.

'You do? I don't have the foggiest, all I know is I'm casting stronger and stronger spells and its worrying at times.' Hermione fretted.

'Ok listen up before we go out, here is my idea of why we have become so 'powerful' Ron, honestly, how powerful were you before Hogwarts, first year? The rest of you too.'

'Not very, near like squib status, why?'

'ok, after second year and you had used magic a bit by then?'

'I had magic for sure, but it was difficult.'

'What have we been doing more last year and two years ago than most kids our age do?' Harry asked pointedly.

'We train' Luna sung out.

'Right, with this in mind here is my analogy. A small stream can only take a trickle of water. If it trickles once, maybe twice a year, then it stays a small stream. If it says gets used regularly, then the water forces the stream to get bigger to cope with the load. If now it gets used once a year the bigger stream may get blocked up with rubbish and constrict the flow. With me so far?' He saw an eager nodding head of Hermione, who was catching on, and the slow nod of yes we understand, so what. 'So say we all started out as a small stream, we used our magic a little, the stream wasn't expanded. If we used a lot of magic, the stream got bigger. Able to channel more magic for us to use. Now if we pushed ourselves, forced the magic as it were when training, we force an event to occur, instead of a stream you form a river. Channelling huge amounts of magic. As long as we do it once a month, we should keep the magic at our current level.'

'What do you mean by force it out.' Ginny asked shyly.

'erm, well with the constant threat over my head I know I pushed myself to exhaustion a fair few times when practicing, now which aurors are going to do that in the academy? Aurors are stronger than most because they constantly have to use their wand in their work, a desk toad would be extremely weak if they didn't use their wand at all.'

'oh ok, wow, I'm a super charged witch.' She said smiling.

'Ginny, there are two other witches here also at the same level.' Luna said, Ginny looked abashed.

'Sorry, got caught up in the power hungry feel.'

'that's ok, carry on.' Hermione jested.

'Ok can we get back to the missions at hand?' Harry asked.

The others nodded their head.

'Right we know what to do, and lets do it, white masks, and numbers as before. Break in, but once fighting appear weak, whilst one of the team grabs the target.'

The others nodded.

'Neville.'

'Thanks Red,' Harry slapped himself on the head for forgetting.

'Team one, jump in three…two…one…jump' Neville and his team were gone.(BlaYelR)

'Team two, jump in three … two…one…jump' Harry and his team were gone.(GrWhBlu)

Harrys team landed just outside the Bones residence, the three moved up quickly and quietly, silencing their footsteps. Ron knelt and started work on the wards, within minutes the wards were down, they quickly made their way to the house and entered via the back door. Finding Amelia Bones down stairs a quick stunner would have been nice, but her reflexes were good. Harry quickly got to work on Amelia as Luna raced up the stairs barging in on Susan, three quick spells cast before the door was open left Susan stunned and bound. Harry and Ron slowly backed out the house before getting any real cover and flaming away out of sight of Amelia Bones.

Neville and his teamed arrived, Hermione quickly got to work on the wards. Mere moments later Ginny was sprinting forward as silent as the wind, she blew the door in, and went in tearing the place up, Neville soon followed making sure she had back up, They caught the family sitting down to lunch, but all behind the over tuned table with wands out.

'Death eaters,' Mr Zabini spat, 'I said no.' The green Advadra Kadavra spell was launched at Ginny, she ducked and spun and banished the table throwing the Zabini family backwards. Seconds later, there were a family of unconscious people, Neville grabbed Blaize and left via the front door.

'Be good, and you may get your son back' sneered a vicious Hermione.

Luna placed a few charms out of sight to alert the group if death eaters or someone with the dark mark showed up.

Two groups flamed into the Lair, Ginny and Harry took their captives into the nice cell, specially prepared for them.

'Well that went well.' Hermione said whilst bouncing.

'yup and no more death eater jobs for now anyway.' A laughing Ron said, while he watched his girlfriend bounce around the room.

'I set up a charm to alert us to any death eaters approaching the Zabini's house, after what Mr Zabini said, I'm expecting them some time soon.' Luna purred, sending a shiver down Nevilles spine.

'If they do turn up, it should be the first official sighting of six heros. But how do we play it?' Neville said.

Ginny and Harry placed their cargo on the sofa and restored their bodies back to the owners control. Harry pulled the mask off and the hood back so the two captives would know who it was.

'Good evening Susan and Blaize. Sorry for doing this to you, but we felt that if your families felt under pressure from Lord Voldermort' The two guests gasped as his name, fear and shock were in their eyes after all, Harry Potter had just been wearing a Death eater robe and mask. Harry continued. 'Then they might take more of an interest and footing in this war than they have of late. I wont lie to you, we will protect your homes and families whilst there at their homes from attack from death eaters. This room is your world for now. We hope to invite you to the group meetings, but attempt anything and you start loosing privileges. The room has lots of books to keep you occupied, and you can practice magic here as well. We hope to see you in a few days time. Any questions?'

'Yes' Blaise shot out, angrily after just being kidnapped. 'You expect me to stay with some hufflepuff I demand another room!'

Ginny's eyes turned flaming red, dancing for all to see. 'Well Blaise if you wish we can house you with the other Slytherins. You know Bellaxtrix Lestrange, six dead bodies including Marcus Flint and a Healer. Be warned it is not the life of luxury like this cell is. Its more becoming of a death eater scum. Make your choice wisely.'

Harry smiled, 'what she said. This is your room, if you don't like it, we can put you in with the hardend scum and you will get tortured either by us or by them.'

'I believe this should be adequate enough for my short stay.' Blaise said pompously.

'Give it up lad, it wont rub. Your family is poorer than mine and has fewer titles so get off your fucking perch.' Harry then punched Blaise so he landed on the bed. 'As for short term, you're here until we think your ok to leave and it benefits us.' Harry left in loud roaring flames.

Ginny looked to Susan. 'Anything to ask Susan?'

'Yes, whats with the flaming thing, why not just apperate? The other things are, why be so nice to us?'

'Like Harry said, the kidnapping thing is to get both your families into thinking about this war. The way with the Bone's should play out as shes lost everyone and will fight hard to get you back. The Zabini's, it should go along the lines of we tell them there acting as moles. So they think they will be informing' Ginny raised her hands indicating quotation marks, ' Death eaters, whilst actually they are informing us and helping the light since we will tell them where to jump. Evil but it works.'

Blaise looked furious, 'My family would never fall for such a manipulation! We are after all Slytherin.'

'Really I hadn't noticed, it looked more like scaredy cats which don't know which way to jump. Too late now to decide, someone else is playing the tune now.' Ginny bit back and flamed away.

Back in the main room, the five teenagers were enjoying a beverage or two when Ginny flamed in.

'Ok so what have I missed?' She asked hungry for the knowledge to what was coming next.

'Well Luna paced a charm to detect death eaters entering the property, so we should be prepared to go to the rescue there, other than that, nothing for now anyway, except Harry needs to go to Gringotts at some time with me to sort out the details of the attack on the goblin bank. But for now, some peace and quite.' Neville filled in Ginny.

Harry started, 'We should start by thinking of attacking the various homes soon. Hermione have you confirmed any suspicions when interrogating the prisoners?'

'Yes I did find some useful information out, we now know where the giants are hiding out and how they are moving around. Its Portkeys and they are in Wales, I have a rough location, it shouldn't be too hard to find them once there. That's all I have at the moment. Ron?'

'If we go after the giants, then let us use the muggle weapons, the ones that can do some damage to them. As for some of the death eater hideaways, I read something about bombs. These bombs can be set at a location and be remotely exploded, or timed. Either way, we can start by terrorising those that support tom.' Ron spoke enthused.

Neville spoke up again. 'Ok so we let Harry be picked up, but he escapes, using the line about a mission Dumbledore set us before he died. Hopefully that will keep everyone together.We keep out of sight by being here. During the Gringotts attack, if Harry or myself is outside in plain robes, acting in the defence of the bank, it gives us more credibility we are not the six death eaters terrorising the country.'

'But we are, we do more for Tom than he does, but we kill more of his forces than anyone. Its weird.' Luna pointed out.

'Alright then, everyone to bed, see you this weekend at the Burrow. If anyone attacks we wing it and no one shows more than average except Neville and me. Tom knows we are powerful, no need to let everyone know.' Harry smiled as he stood up and took Ginny's hand in his and led her to their room.

'You know I thought it would be weird thinking of them shagging and shacking up together, but I'm not really.' Ron commented.

'Well you have me, common, time to learn some Occlumancy.' She led him to their bedroom.

'Is that what they are calling it now? I thought sex was still the correct word to use.' Luna observed.

Neville laughed, 'I think for once Ron is going to be disappointed because I think she really is going to teach him Occlumancy. Comeon babe time for bed. I know I need rest.' He said as he led the way to their room.

Mean while at Voldermort's lair, in the gloomy cold stone corridors, whispers were clawing, echoing down into the master chamber. All Tom could hear was, 'Did we attack St. Mungos?' or 'Why break in and kill half the inner circle.' It was beginning to irk Tom and worry him as well. Who was doing this? That and the fact his shoulder had recently been defiled by that squib, Longbottom. Longbottom was another issue, he went to find Bella, but she has to all intense and purposes, disappeared. Things should be getting easier. Since Dumbledores death, people should be ready to fall to his knees, but things were happening not of his design. His followers were wondering what he the DARK LORD was playing at killing his own inner circle.

'Wormtail' He bellowed and soon the little man knelt before the dark lord.

'Yes master?'

'Has The Zabini family made its feeling known?'

'No my lord.'

'Well then, send ten of the young ones and McNair to find out then. Oh and Wormtail…Crucio!'

Wormtail snivelled, wailed and flayed whilst on the floor from the excruciating pain. Once Voldermort had lifted the spell Wormtail crawled out. Still Tom could hear the whispers but soon they would stop, once things got going again.